Royal Wolverhampton School

The Royal Wolverhampton School, originally an orphanage, was built in 1853 by Joseph Manning, with extensions added in 1863 for the Headmaster's residence, in 1885, and a dormitory wing around 1900. The building is constructed of brick featuring blue brick diapering and ashlar dressings, topped with a slate roof and brick stacks, all designed in an Elizabethan style. It stands two storeys high and has a symmetrical nine-window façade with gabled end wings. The top cornice includes panels of blind balustrading, and the shaped gables are adorned with finials and quoins.

The windows are mostly double-chamfered, mullioned, and transomed, typically consisting of two lights, with two-storey bay windows of four lights beneath the gables. A central four-stage tower features an entrance with a four-centred head and paired doors, with the Royal Arms displayed above. Flanking the entrance are two statues of charity children on plinths, which accompany a two-storey canted oriel window with a 1:2:1 light configuration and top balustrading. Above this is a three-light window, and the tower is topped with clock faces and shaped gables with angle finials, along with a recessed swept spirelet. Black letter inscriptions are present over the entrance and bay windows of the central range.

Later additions include flanking four-window ranges with end gables, a four-window range to the left end, and a two-window attached Headmaster's residence to the right end. The rear features two wings flanking a projecting hall, and a long dormitory wing extends to the rear right. The Headmaster's residence mirrors the main building's style, with a shaped gable on the right. The returns and rear wings maintain similar architectural details, while the hall windows and some others retain original decorative glazing.

Inside, the hall boasts a hammer-beam roof, a canted apse, and a gallery that houses a contemporary organ. There is a Gothic style fireplace, and some windows on the right feature flashed and etched glass lozenges. The stairs leading to the flanking wings have enriched iron balusters and square newels with finials. The building was inaugurated as the Wolverhampton Orphan Asylum by its founder, J. Lees.